republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-13.md

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Bill	Fines and Penalties - As enacted, prohibits a court clerk, upon request by an individual on a payment or installment plan, from requiring the individual to pay outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs arising from a criminal proceeding during the 180-day period following the individual's release from a term of imprisonment sentence of one year or more for a felony offense; excludes from this provision restitution owed to a victim and certain fines, fees, taxes, or costs that have been sent to a collection agency. - Amends TCA Title 40.	Fines and Penalties - As enacted, prohibits a court clerk, upon request by an individual on a payment or installment plan, from requiring the individual to pay outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs arising from a criminal proceeding during the 180-day period following the individual's release from a term of imprisonment sentence of one year or more for a felony offense; excludes from this provision restitution owed to a victim and certain fines, fees, taxes, or costs that have been sent to a collection agency. - Amends TCA Title 40.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 13	Tennessee SB 13 (113)	bill	Fines and Penalties	enacted	Gardenhire	3	34	5	2022-12-13	2023-05-17	openstates	ocd-bill/d8158d5b-2da8-4891-992f-d1c9057efd32	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0013&GA=113	fe78c3e1aa8faf0044e2c67b1009bcca419bef45ef1a273e919489dc43b82287	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 13 (113) — Fines and Penalties - As enacted, prohibits a court clerk, upon request by an individual on a payment or installment plan, from requiring the individual to pay outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs arising from a criminal proceeding during the 180-day period following the individual's release from a term of imprisonment sentence of one year or more for a felony offense; excludes from this provision restitution owed to a victim and certain fines, fees, taxes, or costs that have been sent to a collection agency. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Amendment HA0413 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0434 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — 89–1 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed — 89–1 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/4/2023 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/20/2023 Passed — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/18/2023 Passed — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gardenhire — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-12-13 Filed for introduction filing
• 2023-01-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2023-01-11 Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments passage
• 2023-01-20 Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2023-03-15 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
• 2023-03-21 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2023
• 2023-03-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2023
• 2023-03-22 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2023
• 2023-03-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
• 2023-03-28 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2023
• 2023-03-28 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2023
• 2023-03-29 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2023
• 2023-03-29 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/4/2023
• 2023-04-03 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2023-04-04 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2023-04-13 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2023
• 2023-04-18 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023
• 2023-04-18 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2023-04-19 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2023-04-20 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2023-04-20 Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 1, PNV 0 passage
• 2023-04-20 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0413) amendment-withdrawal
• 2023-04-20 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2023-04-20 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2023-04-20 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
• 2023-04-20 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0434)
• 2023-04-21 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2023-04-21 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2023-04-21 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2023-04-21 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2023-04-24 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2023-05-05 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-05-17 Effective date(s) 05/05/2023
• 2023-05-17 Pub. Ch. 329

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8158d5b-2da8-4891-992f-d1c9057efd32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).